词汇讲解47讲(词汇真记讲解)(1)

Mate

1.amateur ['æmətə, ,æmə'tə:]

a. /n. 业余(水平)的(运动员、艺术家等)

[真题例句]

As a logical consequence of this development, separate journals have now appeared aimed mainly towards either professional or amateur readership. (2001考研英语阅读Text 1)

参考译文:这样发展的必然结果是出现了针对专业和业余读者的不同杂志的现象。

2.automatic ['ɔ:tə'mætik]

a. 自动(装置)的;无意识的;n. 自动机械

同义词

unconscious

【真题例句】

Visual recognition, reads the study, is “an automatic psychological process occurring rapidly and intuitively with little or no apparent conscious deliberation”. (2015考研英语阅读Text 2)

参考译文:该研究称,视觉识别是“一种自动的心理过程,迅速而直观地发生,很少或根本没有明显的有意识思考”。

3.automation [,ɔ:tə'meiʃən]

n. 自动,自动化,自动操作

[真题例句]

When there is exponential improvement in the price and performance of technology, jobs that were once thought to be immune from automation suddenly become threatened.(2015考研英语阅读Text 3)

参考译文:当技术的价格和性能呈指数级增长时,一度被认为不受自动化影响的工作岗位突然受到威胁。

4.classmate ['klɑ:smeit]

n. 同班同学

[真题例句]

It’s like the teacher who breaks up the troublemakers in the back row by pairing them with better-behaved classmates.

参考译文:就像老师会把后排的捣蛋学生分开,让他们和表现较好的同学坐到一起。(2012考研英语阅读text1)

5.climate ['klaimit]

n. 气候;风气,社会思潮

【同义词】

ethos;fashion

[真题例句]

Analyses reveal that the number of papers including the keywords “environmental change” or “climate change” has increased rapidly since 2004.

参考译文:分析显示,从2004年开始,带有“环境变化”或“气候变化”关键词的论文数量已经大幅度增长了。(2013考研英语新题型)

6.mat [mæt]

n. 席子,垫子

cushion

7.match [mætʃ]

n. 火柴;比赛,竞赛;对手,配偶 v. 匹配,相称

【同义词】

competition;rival

【真题例句】

There may be more matches in the database; job hunters will have to visit the site again to find them - and they do.(2004考研英语阅读Text 1)

参考译文:数据库里可能还有更多的匹配项,于是,求职者只得再次访问这个网站来寻找。事实上,求职者真的这样做。

8.material [mə'tiəriəl]

n. 材料,原料,资料 a. 物质的,肉体的,实质性的

【同义词】

stuff

【真题例句】

Africa and South America, for example, are moving away from each other as new material is injected into the sea floor between them.(1998考研英语阅读Text 5)

参考译文:例如,随着新物质被注入非洲和南美洲之间的海底,它们正在相互远离。

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